Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.

John Barnett had worked for Boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017.

In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the company.

Boeing said it was saddened to hear of Mr Barnett’s passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the BBC on Monday.

It said the 62-year-old had died from a “self-inflicted” wound on 9 March and police were investigating.

    • @Cthulu_but_gay
      10•9 months ago

      Truly only Americans are at risk because of their actions, astute observation there

      • Logi
        5•9 months ago

        Only Americans are real people. Is there a community for quotes like this?

    • @mods_are_assholes
      2•9 months ago

      Pretty sure no one at the top of boeing cares about anything other than the next quarter, and that mentality is exactly the one that would panic and pull the trigger.

      They didn’t kill him for 6 or 7 years because boeings weren’t falling apart in the air back then. Now that its in the news they knew his testimony would sink them, so they made a gamble.

    • BOMBSEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      to make an example so others dont blow the whistle

    • nadram
      1•9 months ago

      It took a while for them to preemptively buy their way out of the assassination